Robert B. Leighton
Affiliations: | Astronomy | California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA |
Area:
solid state physics, cosmic ray physics, the beginnings of modern particle physics, solar physics, planetary photography, infrared astronomy, and millimeter- and submillimeter-wave astronomyWebsite:
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"Robert B. Leighton"Bio:
(1919 - 1997)
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http://www.caltech.edu/news/renowned-physicist-robert-b-leighton-dies-160
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https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/4738-1
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Parents
Sign in to add mentor| William Vermillion Houston | grad student | 1946 | Caltech | |
| (The vibrational spectrum of a mon-atomic face-centered cubic crystal lattice) | ||||
| Paul Sophus Epstein | grad student | 1947 | Caltech | |
Children
Sign in to add trainee| Dan McCammon | research assistant | Caltech | |
| Robert W. Noyes | grad student | 1963 | Caltech |
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| Leighton RB, Noyes RW, Simon GW. (1999) Velocity fields in the solar atmosphere I. Preliminary report Astrophysical Journal. 525: 936-961 |
| Padin S, Sargent AI, Mundy LG, et al. (1989) Interferometric CO-18 observations of DR 21(OH) and L1551 IRS 5 at lambda = 1.4 millimeters The Astrophysical Journal. 337: L45 |
| Knapp GR, Sutin BM, Phillips TG, et al. (1989) CO Emission from Evolved Stars and Proto--Planetary Nebulae The Astrophysical Journal. 336: 822 |
| Phillips TG, Ellison BN, Keene JB, et al. (1987) CO emission from Centaurus A The Astrophysical Journal. 322 |
| Claussen MJ, Berge GL, Heiligman GM, et al. (1984) Aperture synthesis observations of CO emission from the W3 molecular cloud core The Astrophysical Journal. 285: L79 |
| Lo KY, Berge GL, Claussen MJ, et al. (1984) Aperture synthesis observations of CO emission from the nucleus of IC 342 The Astrophysical Journal. 282: L59 |
| Knapp GR, Phillips TG, Leighton RB, et al. (1982) Mass loss from evolved stars. I - Observations of 17 stars in the CO/2-1/ line The Astrophysical Journal. 252: 616 |
| Knapp GR, Leighton RB, Wannier PG, et al. (1980) Detection of the CO J = 2-1 line in M82 and IC 342 The Astrophysical Journal. 240: 60 |
| Masursky H, Batson RM, McCauley JF, et al. (1972) Mariner 9 television reconnaissance of Mars and its satellites: preliminary results. Science (New York, N.Y.). 175: 294-305 |
| Sharp RP, Murray BC, Leighton RB, et al. (1971) The surface of Mars 4. South polar cap Journal of Geophysical Research. 76: 357-368 |